Study Concludes That Coconut Oil Could Be Used To Prevent The Clostridium Difficile Virus

Could Coconut Oil be the solution to hospital superbugs?

(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 20, 2014 ) Glasgow, UK -- Scientists have long searched for an answer to the Clostridium difficile virus. Every year millions of hospital patients succumb to the virus; C. Diff. is resistant to antibiotics and has thus far provided difficult to treat, but research has shown that coconut oil could be a valuable weapon in managing the virus in hospitals and health centers.

Treating Clostridium difficile costs the NHS millions of pounds every year and current medications are to expensive; while more research is required, research has shown that virgin coconut oil could have the potential to help beat this common hospital infection.

The study investigated whether the lipids in virgin coconut oil could help control an outbreak of Clostridium difficile and the fatty acids contained in virgin coconut oil were tested to see if their antimicrobial effects could help to defeat the virus.

There have been several previous studies and each of them has shown that coconut oil can help to protect against this hard to treat hospital virus, and it is believed that virgin coconut oil could help to limit the growth of Clostridium difficile in the gut.

Scientists also state the virgin coconut oil is a safe way to treat patients and doesn't have the side effects as the current medications used within the hospital.

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